Triple
T1835545
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Gregory Benford |
E41056
|
entity |
| Predicate | influencedBy |
P9
|
FINISHED |
| Object | Robert A. Heinlein |
E114158
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (2 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Robert A. Heinlein | Statement: [Gregory Benford, influencedBy, Robert A. Heinlein]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Robert A. Heinlein Context triple: [Gregory Benford, influencedBy, Robert A. Heinlein]
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A.
Robert A. Heinlein
chosen
Robert A. Heinlein was a pioneering American science fiction author, often called the "dean of science fiction writers," known for influential works like "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "Starship Troopers."
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B.
Murray Leinster
Murray Leinster was the pen name of American writer William Fitzgerald Jenkins, a pioneering and prolific author of early science fiction whose work helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
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C.
Frederik Pohl
Frederik Pohl was an influential American science fiction writer, editor, and fan whose career spanned over seven decades and helped shape modern speculative fiction.
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D.
Jack Williamson
Jack Williamson was an influential American science fiction author whose long career and imaginative works helped define the genre’s Golden Age.
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E.
Poul Anderson
Poul Anderson was an American science fiction and fantasy author renowned for his prolific output, hard science rigor, and influential works during the mid-20th-century Golden Age of Science Fiction.
- F. None of above.
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Provenance (3 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69a88647f9388190909bc36e795bdaec |
completed | March 4, 2026, 7:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69abb026aa7c8190bc988d3ee0fd9f41 |
completed | March 7, 2026, 4:57 a.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69aea8367a288190ac4dcd2f06505982 |
completed | March 9, 2026, 11 a.m. |
Created at: March 4, 2026, 7:33 p.m.